The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has prepared a list of products that are proposed to be imported into Russia as part of parallel imports , i.e. without the permission of the copyright holder. This was reported by Izvestia and Interfax , citing a copy of the order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Izvestia writes that the agency proposed selling over 50 product groups of over 200 brands without the permission of the copyright holder.

The French automobile concern Renault is going to sell its stake in the Russian company AvtoVAZ, Gazeta.ru and TASS reported, citing sources. A Gazeta.ru source in AvtoVAZ claims that among the potential buyers is a subsidiary of Rostec and structures of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. A TASS interlocutor in government agencies said that "one of the Chinese automakers is being considered" as a buyer. The source did not specify its name.

The Russian Defense Ministry said a fire on the missile cruiser Moskva on April 13 killed one person and left 27 missing. The statement of the Ministry of Defense is quoted by Interfax. “In the course of the struggle for the ship's damage, one serviceman was killed, another 27 crew members were missing. The remaining 396 crew members were evacuated from the cruiser to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the area and taken to Sevastopol," the ministry said.

Kremlin officials fear a negotiated peace with Ukraine would destroy Putin’s ratings, Meduza’s sources say Alexey Smagin / Kommersant Moscow has been waging an all-out war against Ukraine for eight weeks . Having retreated from the region around the capital, Kyiv, Russian troops are now refocusing their efforts on the battle for the Donbas. According to official statements , Russian forces are now seeking to “establish full control” over eastern and southern Ukraine.

In the village of Vinogradnaya, located 5-6 kilometers east of Mariupol occupied by the Russian troops, they allegedly discovered a new mass grave. This is evidenced by the satellite images of Maxar Technologies, which were received by the journalists of the "schemes" . Trenches on the territory of the local cemetery appeared at the end of March. In satellite images of March 17, they are not yet. In the picture of March 29, trenches of 4 by 38 meters are already visible.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included eight more people in the register of media outlets that are “foreign agents.” The list includes the former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, journalists Alexander Nevzorov and Sergei Parkhomenko, who collaborated with Ekho Moskvy, Radio Liberty authors Ekaterina Lushnikova, Artur Asafyev and Vladimir Voronov, sociologist Viktor Vakhshtayn, and LGBT activist Yaroslav Sirotkin.

Tinkoff Bank announced that it will rebrand in 2022 and abandon the use of the old brand. "The company has been preparing for this step for a long time, and recent events have made this decision even more urgent," the bank said in a statement published on its social networks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UN Secretary General António Guterres. This was announced by the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “On Tuesday, April 26, UN Secretary General António Guterres will arrive in Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He will also be received by Russian President Vladimir Putin,” Peskov said.

The Dutch government has decided to stop importing Russian energy sources — gas, oil and coal — until the end of 2022, reports De Telegraaf. This statement was made by the Minister for Climate and Energy Policy, Rob Jetten, and the Secretary of State for the Mining Industry of the Netherlands, Hans Wijlbrif.

The management of the largest crypto exchange Binance in 2021 agreed to the request of Rosfinmonitoring to transfer the names and addresses of clients in order to fight crime. This was reported by the Reuters agency, which had at its disposal the correspondence of the director of Binance in Eastern Europe, Gleb Kostarev.

Spoiler: On the boundaries of post -war Ukraine Sergey Karpukhin / TASS Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov in negotiations in Istanbul. March 29, 2022 From the last round of peace negotiations in Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul passed almost a month.

Meduza maps possible scenarios for Russia’s advance on Ukraine’s Donbas Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov have announced that the “second stage of the operation” in Ukraine is underway. Ukrainian officials agree: the war has entered a crucial phase. Still, it’s too early to say that the situation in the Donbas, where both sides are gearing up for a momentous fight, has fundamentally changed.

Interview with the head of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko - about the occupation, the new "mayor" of the city from the DPR and the blockade "Azovstal" Maximilian Clarke / Sopa Images / Lightroket / Getty Images Russian soldier walks along one of the streets in the eastern part of Mariupol. April 15, 2022 Mariupol is almost completely controlled by the Russian military. The last focus of Ukrainian resistance is the Azovstal plant.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that Russia is “not against” participation in the agreement on security guarantees for countries mentioned by Ukraine during the negotiations. "They did not list these countries on paper, but they mentioned permanent members of the [UN] Security Council , Turkey, Germany. We are not against it.

In Russia, administrative protocols are increasingly drawn up under a new article on the “discredit” of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code appeared on March 4, 2022. Since then, according to the OVD-Info on April 22, Russia drew up 1258 administrative protocols on the "discredit" of the army. For comparison: by April 11, 610 such cases were opened in Russia.